Hearing Duan Bukang's threat from the fake tiger might, Xia Qingyun's face sank like water, and his eyes were cold, "The people's daughter came to Yuzhou to do business, and she has always abided by the law, if the prefect doesn't ask whether it is right or wrong, and she will be tortured when she comes up, isn't she afraid of arousing the anger of the people?" ”

The prefect coughed lightly, glanced at Duan Bukang, and whispered, "This girl is so strong, have you checked the background?" ”

"She just hooked up with the Hua family who used to do business in Yuzhou, and now the Hua family is in the capital, and no one supports her!"

Hearing the word capital, the prefect frowned, "Don't make trouble for me!" ”

The master said firmly: "Don't worry, master! Qingyunxuan has been open for several days, and he hasn't even given you a VIP card. Don't scare scare, she doesn't take you seriously! ”

The two exchanged heads and ears on it, Xia Qingyun secretly sneered in her heart, she wanted to see what the idea of this dignified Yuzhou prefect was!

The prefect cleared his throat and picked up a booklet on the case, "This Journey to the West script is from your Qingyunxuan Teahouse?" ”

Xia Qingyun frowned and lowered his eyes. It seems that they are going to pick bones in eggs, and they have never offended the government, do you suddenly remember that a few days ago, Liu Hai, the shopkeeper of the tea house, asked if he wanted to give some gifts to the prefect of Yuzhou, and he would have a backer to take care of him in the future, and she refused.

Plainly, she hates the most sloppy slapping horses, and the collusion between officials and businessmen. The silver is used for charity, no matter how much she is willing to give, if she flatters corrupt officials and corrupt officials, she will not take out a copper plate.

"Why don't you answer?" The master shouted.

Xia Qingyun sneered and raised his eyes to look at the other side. "Yes, Qingyunxuan Teahouse is talking about Journey to the West, a fairy script, what's the sin?"

The prefect snorted coldly, "In the book, the demon monkey is not grateful to the Jade Emperor, makes a big fuss in the heavenly court, and also utters wild words, saying that 'the emperor will take turns to do it, and he will come to my house next year', alluding to the imperial court." It's a rebellious statement! By whom you are commanded? Hurry up! ”

As soon as he said this, the onlookers at the yamen suddenly exploded.

"It's outrageous! Speaking a fairy tale can also find fault with the book, and let people not talk in the future! ”

"What's the big deal! This is not a bully! ”

"Don't offend anyone by this girl, and deliberately want to fix her."

"Silence!" The prefect was shocked. "And there are those who disturb the court. Same offense! ”

A literati in the crowd said angrily: "I want to add to the sin." No excuse! With that, he turned around and squeezed out of the crowd.

Xia Qingyun raised his eyebrows lightly, and said loudly: "The prefect is really 'worried about the country and the people'!" A small paragraph can make such a big article! It is known that the Son of Heaven of Qi advocates literary style. Recruit talents, people of insight in the world can do whatever they want, but Yuzhou still has a 'text prison'! If this continues, will you sneeze in the direction of the capital in the future be accused of disrespecting the Son of Heaven? ”

Her mocking tone provoked Zhifu's face to sink, and she slapped it on the table, shouting: "You dare to laugh at the court officials above the court!" Come! Put her in prison and try her again when she is caught with the same party! ”

The left and right officials came up, and without saying anything, they put shackles on Xia Qingyun.

In the crowd, the Tian family was anxious and angry, Tian Zhenyu raised his leg and was about to break into the court, "I polished the script, and I also talked about the book, I have to reason with them!" ”

Hua Fu didn't know when to turn around, grabbed him, and said in a low voice: "Uncle Tian, don't do it, if you are arrested again, Miss will have to worry about you!" ”

Tian Chuqi also said: "Dad, don't be impulsive!" Let's go back and discuss it first! ”

In the evening, Feng Yichang, Liang Huabin and others also rushed to the house when they heard the news, and there was a man named Jiang Xingquan, who was operating antique calligraphy and painting in Yuzhou City, and he said: "Everyone, Kong Xiaoqing, the prefect of Yuzhou, took office after the flood last year, and he used to be the prefect of Jiacang County, Jiangnan Province. Since he arrived in Yuzhou City, he didn't dare to move our old shops, but all the newly opened shops had to follow the path of Master Duan Bukang and give a big gift, otherwise he would inevitably find trouble! ”

Feng Yichang said: "The imperial court has raised a lot of taxes in the past two years, and the businessmen are complaining, this Kong Xiaoqing still dares to expropriate and expropriate, so he is not afraid of losing his black yarn hat?" ”

"He relied on the support of someone in the capital, and he acted recklessly." Jiang Xingquan's face was not angry, "The governor has not been in Yuzhou recently, otherwise we will jointly write a letter, and we will definitely be able to protect the Xia Dongjia's return!" But at the moment, I am afraid that only by spending money to dredge can I avoid prison. ”

"Oops!" Jiang suddenly shouted: "I'm just worried, I haven't gone to fight the jailers yet!" What if the young lady suffers in prison! ”

Hua Fu stepped forward and said, "Shopkeeper, I know a prison guard, why don't I go and run." ”

Jiang hurriedly went back to the house and took out a hundred taels of silver, "There is only so much cash silver at home now, you can take it all!" When Ming'er's money bank opened, I cashed the silver ticket and went to save Miss. ”

"I can't go so much." Hua Fu picked up an ingot of ten taels of silver and put it in his arms, and then took a few pieces of clothes that the Zhou family had packed for Xia Qingyun, and left in a hurry.

In the dimly lit cell, there was a musty smell in the air.

Xia Qingyun was locked in the innermost room, damp and dark, with rats and bedbugs crawling all over the ground. Going down through the narrow door next to it is the place where the prisoners are tortured, and from time to time you can hear the screams of the prisoners.

The shackles were made of thick planks, covered with iron sheets, and pressed heavily on the shoulders. His delicate wrists were deeply red marks from the iron ropes and the iron sheets on the wooden boards, and Xia Qingyun had to lean against the earth wall full of reptiles and moss, in order to relieve some of the pressure on his shoulders.

She has asked Hua Futong Guò Yingmen to summon the news, and believes that Si Hong Bowen will try to save herself after receiving the news. During the day, she can only endure it, and in the dead of night, she can flash into the Ruyi Treasure Pavilion to rest.

Footsteps echoed in the hallway, and Hua Fu followed the jailer with a package.

"Brother, if you have something to say, hurry up." The jailer opens the cell door.

Hua Fu put the burden on the ground and whispered to her about Jiang Xingquan and the others' plan to spend money to save her.

Xia Qingyun said in a deep voice: "You sue the shopkeeper of Sù Jiang, don't use money to buy off corrupt officials!" ”

She looked up and saw that the jailer was not paying attention. He whispered a few more words and told him to hurry back.

In the study room of the prefect's mansion, Master Duan Bukang held the account book and smiled proudly, "My lord, two new merchants sent 30,000 taels of silver in the afternoon, this trick is really effective!" She deserves that little girl's bad luck, I have already informed someone to mention her, and if she knows each other, she will send the silver as soon as possible. Why end up in jail! ”

Kong Xiaoqing dusted off the snuff that fell on the placket of his clothes. "It is said that she is well-known in the literati circle, and she has to prevent those poor people from making trouble, and it will not look good if she stabs the governor."

"Don't worry, the 200,000 taels of silver tickets for the governor are ready. He just doesn't give you face. I have to give face to Lord Nangong. Just wait for the governor to return to Yuzhou, and I will personally help you send it over! ”

The Lord Nangong that Duan Bukang said in his mouth was their backer. Nangong Xi, the prime minister of the Qi dynasty. Nangong Xi is the person on the prince's side, the prince is regent, and his reputation has also risen.

Duan Bukang's cousin's eldest daughter married into the Prime Minister's Mansion as an aunt, and he helped Kong Xiaoqing to catch this line, and naturally became Kong Xiaoqing's most trusted master, and he made a lot of benefits in private.

Yuzhou City has developed trade, and many merchants have relatives in the capital, so they don't dare to bully the old merchants, so they take the new merchants.

As soon as the Qingyun Tea House opened, Duan Bukang instructed people to secretly do tricks, wanting people to sue the tea house to the yamen in the name of selling fakes, and then knock on the owner of the tea house to spit out some silver. Who knew that the gangster that the man was looking for was too brainless, and Xia Qingyun saw through it.

At that time, the business of the tea house was not good, and Duan Bukang planned to wait for the sheep to be fattened before starting, so he closed the tea house today and caught Xia Qingyun.

Duan Bukang, who was full of bad water, rolled his eyes and said flatteringly: "My lord, the little lady surnamed Xia looks quite standard, but you haven't taken a concubine for two years, wouldn't you have the best of both worlds?" ”

Kong Xiaoqing narrowed his eyes, as if he was thinking about Xia Qingyun's appearance in the hall, "People have to take care of themselves if they lose a little weight." And a little grumpy."

Duan Bukang observed his words and heard the meaning of his words, "You just have to wait for the good days." How capable can the girl's family be, find a jailer to scare her, and promise to make her obedient! ”

In the middle of the night, two jailers lay on their backs on a bench and fell asleep. A few rats emerged from holes in the wall, scavenging around for leftovers.

There was a broken bowl on the ground, and there was half a black and hard nest in the bowl, but Xia Qingyun, who had been sitting in the corner, was nowhere to be seen.

Qingmei angrily pointed at the shackles, and the thick planks and iron cables fell to the grass with a clatter.

"Sister Qingyun, which black-hearted person did it? Let me out, I have to swallow him in one bite! ”

"Someone will clean them up." Xia Qingyun moved his sore shoulders as he spoke, and walked towards the lake. The prison was filthy and smelly, and she couldn't wait to take a shower.

Soaking in the warm water of the lake immediately alleviates the fatigue and pain around the body. She narrowed her eyes comfortably, but her mind was still pondering.

Early the next morning, two jailers yawned, opened the cell door, and took Xia Qingyun to the underground interrogation room. Several shirtless men stepped forward to break the shackles and pull her into a corner, holding her arms above her head and tying her to the torture rack with iron cables.

It's very torturous, and it makes people feel uncomfortable all the time. The rope tugged at his arm overhead, barely touching the ground on his toes. If you don't want to be strangled by the iron rope and hurt your wrist, you have to stand on tiptoe, and your legs and feet will cramp after a long time. But if you don't want to tire your legs and feet, your wrists will be tightly strangled with iron ropes.

Xia Qingyun's heart sank, did they want to torture him?

Master Duan Bukang walked out of a secret door, he twisted two whiskers, and looked at Xia Qingyun, "After spending one night in prison, my complexion is quite good!" Miss Xia, confess as soon as possible, and avoid the pain of flesh and skin. I really can't think of it, I can also help you plead in front of the prefect, my lord has always been merciful. ”

He smiled wickedly, "Those who know the times are Junjie, if you lean on this big tree, you will enjoy endless blessings in the future!" ”

Xia Qingyun didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, and closed his eyes indifferently. Seeing that she didn't buy it, Duan Bukang shook his whiskers, lowered his face and said, "I don't know each other, I have your hardships to eat!" ”

He glanced at the shirtless man, and his figure disappeared through the secret door.

At three o'clock in the morning, the prefect Kong Xiaoqing got up from the bed, and the two concubines waited for him to finish washing, had breakfast, and teased the birds in the cage in the courtyard, Duan Bukang followed behind him step by step.

He asked unhurriedly, "Hasn't anyone sent silver to the teahouse yet?" ”

"I guess I'll be able to deliver it today. I just had the little girl take her down to the bottom, and I'll ventilate her house later. ”

Kong Xiaoqing nodded with satisfaction, "Take it easy, don't break it for me." ”

The subordinate led a servant to come in with a panicked look, and the servant hurriedly said: "Master! The governor is here, and he is waiting for you in the yamen! (To be continued......)